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NYYC American Magic’s Principal Designer Marcelino Botin talks about his approach to AC75 design: “You do wake up sometimes with an idea in your head. Something that just comes out of nowhere.”
Botin fosters a design environment that encourages creativity, change and continuous improvement. An America’s Cup veteran, Marcelino is now applying the formidable collective experience of his design group to the groundbreaking AC75.
![American Magic's America's Cup AC75 foils across Narragansett Bay near Newport, Rhode Island. © Amory Ross](http://i0.wp.com/yachtboatnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Americas-Cup22.jpg?resize=620%2C413&ssl=1)
Flight Controller Andrew Campbell and the sailors onboard Defiant, aided by a team of tireless designers, boatbuilders and shore crew, work to fulfill the full potential of that design environment on a daily basis for the U.S. Challenger for the 36th America’s Cup.
by Sail-World.com/nz